Speechless
DUDE THIS KID SHREDS HARD
i’m glad we all agree
this is what dnd bards look like when they’re casting spells. like this dude is casting fucking power word kill but the power word is SHRED
to everyone making progress that nobody else recognizes, I’m proud of you
Do you ever just see something that’s just
SO NICE
And so cute and wholesome
That you start crying because you just want the whole world to be this adorable all the time <3
😊 Heartwarming
Nancy and her friends are lovely :)
Everyone should know the international sign for Help Me. Let’s make this famous!!
sharing please you guys if you need help say something i promise someone's willing to help
every day i am percieved™️
There is a reason for this though!
The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply.
significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.
that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).
the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start “rewarding” the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.
Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail.
*holds your hand* no, we’re ALL bitches
A whole collection of Six of Crows art commissioned by Once Upon a Wick in 2019! Unreleased until now.
Inej, Kaz, Jesper, Wylan, Nina, Matthias, Ketterdam, and The Ice Court.
I believe very strongly in “I didn’t say it was good, I said I liked it”
but what might be even more important is “I didn’t say it was bad, I said I hated it”
I just wanna say if you hate something good because it sends terrible messages that’s fine but you can also just hate it because you hate it. free yourself of the struggle to find a “good enough” reason. sometimes it doesn’t hit right.
genuinely sorry for the people who tried to talk to me and were disappointed by how uncool i am
I used to think I can't have ADHD because I wasn't hyperactive.
Not everyone can allow themselves to act on their hyperactivity, so we find ways to redirect or hide the understimulation.
(Sneak introduction to the new inattentive Alien! A hommage to a collab I did with René ♥️)
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Hey quick question what the absolute fuck
Authoritarian Panopticon 2.0, Networking Version?
Can u imagine having your EYE MOVEMENTS TRACKED?? Ahhhh I’m so glad I‘m not in school rn
Don't worry they'll bring it out for other jobs soon enough.
If you die while making food in a slow cooker, whoever finds your body will have a nice warm meal waiting for them.
keepcalmandcarrieunderwood
They can also eat whatever is in the slow cooker too